Slam Dunk: Summer in Ryonan

In her third year of junior high, after her parents died in a car accident, Asakawa Nishiki was always alone. She seemed gentle on the outside, but was cold within.

She had thought this lonely life would go on forever. However, after entering Ryonan High School, she met a group of young basketball players who had dreams and worked hard to achieve them.

In short, this is a story about everyone on the Ryonan basketball team working hard together and growing in their own ways.

The author says: Slam Dunk is a manga I personally love. Although the Shokoku team is the main cast, and I like many of the characters, my favorite is Sendoh from the Ryonan team. I always felt it was a shame that Ryonan ultimately lost to Shokoku in the manga. I thought they deserved a complete story of their own, one that belonged to them alone.

P.S. The first-year high school section is a prequel, and all the events are original. The second-year section follows the timeline of the manga, so I have modeled some important games on those in the manga, but the main focus is on Ryonan.

P.P.S. The heroine is an original character. Her relationships with the original characters from the manga were established to help the story develop.

Theme: A youth spent striving, even if imperfect, will never be something to regret.